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Tuesday, 8 August 2017

International
e-Sports Federation
(IeSF), today announced that the official titles for 9th
Esports World Championship BUSAN 2017 has been finalized to be three
game titles: League of Legends (LoL), Counter Strike:Global Offensive
(CS:GO) and Tekken7 are the lists of official titles. IeSF already
disclosed these game titles on its social media page. After
navigating the chances for any additional game titles, IeSF decided
to close reception of additional game titles as considering the
feasible period of national qualifiers.

For
team events, CS:GO has been selected again from last year, and LoL
has been selected for the fourth time since IeSF 2013 World
Championship in Bucharest, Romania. For Individual event, after
‘Tekken Tag Tournament 2’ being played as an official title for
three years from IeSF 2012 World Championship, the newest package,
‘Tekken7’ will be presented this time. All the participation to
official disciplines will be as ‘Open For All’, regardless of
gender, disabilities or age.

Also,
IeSF
announced that the 1st
Entry Registration has been closed as total of 455 participants from
39 countries registered for the 9th
Esports World Championship BUSAN 2017. 171 participants from 14
countries of Asia, 199 participants from 16 countries of Europe, 14
participants from 3 country of America, 31 participants from 2
countries of Oceania, and 40 participants from 4 countries of Africa (including South Africa) have registered to the 1st Entry. Also, for each game titles, 30
countries registered for League of Legends (LoL), 30 countries
registered for Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), and 28
countries registered for TEKKEN7.

The
2nd
Entry Registration which confirms final entry will be opened until
18th
of September. During 2nd
Entry, each National Federation conducts National Qualifier and
finalizes the participation of national delegates. Then, the selected
national athletes will be competing each other for their nations’
pride.

Alex
Lim, the secretarygeneral
of IeSF said, “IeSF will endeavor the best to host a successful
event. Especially, it is expected that this year’s World
Championship will provide more attraction points as followed by the
end of World Championship, 2017 Global Esports Executive Summit and
G-STAR, one of the biggest game show in Asia, is being hosted. IeSF
will always be committed to making the better environment of Esports,
and expanding the scope of Esports.”

9th
Esports World Championship 2017 will be held from 8th
to 12th
of November this year, in Busan Authority Port, Busan, Korea. More
details about this World Championship can be found in the latest
article of IeSF: